Vote Ryan Clark – Food & Wine Best New Chef 2013

Let’s put Tucson on the national culinary map. Ryan Clark is the executive chef for Lodge on the Desert. He has won numerous local awards and titles, now let’s make Ryan and Tucson go nationwide. Please vote!

from the press release

New York, NY (March 11, 2013) – Today FOOD & WINE invites the dining public to select The People’s Best New Chef®, a program now in its third year. The award, an extension of the FOOD & WINE Best New Chefs program, honors talented up-and-coming innovators who have run their own kitchens for five years or fewer. Restaurants’ devotees will determine The People’s Best New Chef® winner via online vote on beginning today and continuing through March 18.

The field of 100 nominees for The People’s Best New Chef® award includes 10 chefs in 10 regions across America. The chef with the most votes in each region will be named a finalist and the finalist with the most votes overall will be named The People’s Best New Chef.

The People’s Best New Chef® finalists and winner will be revealed on March 19 at the Food & Wine website ; the winner will also be featured in the July 2013 issue of FOOD & WINE, the same issue that profiles the Best New Chefs. (Note: Nominees for The People’s Best New Chef® award remain eligible for a Best New Chef award.)

“Over the past two years we have seen an overwhelming enthusiasm from loyal followers campaigning for their favorite chefs to become The People’s Best New Chef®,” says FOOD & WINE Editor in Chief Dana Cowin. “I am ecstatic to continue this program and see these chefs receive this much deserved recognition from their patrons.”